On 1 April 2026, NSS and NES became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
Flexible Location: PSD Scotland is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Full Time, 36 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 31 March 2028
Who We Are
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The function of PSD Technology Service is to develop and lead a programme of work and services that supports both the corporate functions that allow PSD to work and deliver its strategic objective and to deliver against Scotland's Digital Health and Care Strategy.
PSD Technology Service (PTS) has been formed with the specific objective of consolidating PSD’s information-based expertise into a professional, focused centre for information and technical excellence.
It has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow PSD to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.
These responsibilities relate to the core functions of PSD in the following areas:
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team delivering transformational digital architecture for health and social care in Scotland. The National Digital Platform (NDP) provides reusable technical services and components, at national population scale, aimed at increasing reuse and encouraging sustainable software development.
The National Digital Platform (NDP) is an open, standards-based platform, supporting technology for the health and care environment. It underpins our commitment to making health and care information and services more accessible. Working with those delivering solutions across health and social care to bring new and existing digital components onto the platform, for re-use.
Reporting to an Associate Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring we provide reliable, resilient and responsive services to our consumers.
Do you want to play a key technical leadership role in the development of high quality, robust and scalable applications that will directly improve the working lives of NHS colleagues, healthcare for the Scottish public and help improve patient care?
Do you enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, product and delivery managers at the edge of technological innovations? Liaising with supporting colleagues from disciplines such as design, clinical, information governance and security?
Do you want to work in a culture continuous improvement and development of best practices in areas such as application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, and test-driven development ?
Do you want to play an important role in delivering the PSDS Strategy, Digital Health and Care Strategy and Data Strategy for Scotland?
Do you enjoy working at pace, on a modern technology stack, as part of a skilled and friendly team, in pursuit of better care for the people of Scotland?
Working within the PSDS Technology Engineering team you will have the opportunity to work directly on the Digital Front Door (DFD) as well as other National Development Platform (NDP) services and products
Does this sound like you?
What We Love To See
Software Engineers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
Developing a successful national service for Scotland means considering the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland. We are focused on hiring the very best talent and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Our aim to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience—regardless of the outcome.
We welcome applications from all under-represented groups, including racially minoritised people and disabled people. It is not essential to be in Software Engineer role right now—you may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring) or coming from another field. Your experiences can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and would like to discuss the opportunity, any adjustments or alternative work patterns, please contact Simon Maishman (Head of Service – Engineering) via [email protected].
Next Steps
In person OR online interviews (including technical section and a presentation) will take place on 23 to 27 June 2026. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: [email protected]
As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
Flexible Location: PSD Scotland is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Full Time, 36 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 31 March 2028
- For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
Who We Are
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The function of PSD Technology Service is to develop and lead a programme of work and services that supports both the corporate functions that allow PSD to work and deliver its strategic objective and to deliver against Scotland's Digital Health and Care Strategy.
PSD Technology Service (PTS) has been formed with the specific objective of consolidating PSD’s information-based expertise into a professional, focused centre for information and technical excellence.
It has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow PSD to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.
These responsibilities relate to the core functions of PSD in the following areas:
- Design, development, and operation of a technical environment and
- commensurate digital services to all NHS Scotland, Scottish Government and Care Sector
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team delivering transformational digital architecture for health and social care in Scotland. The National Digital Platform (NDP) provides reusable technical services and components, at national population scale, aimed at increasing reuse and encouraging sustainable software development.
The National Digital Platform (NDP) is an open, standards-based platform, supporting technology for the health and care environment. It underpins our commitment to making health and care information and services more accessible. Working with those delivering solutions across health and social care to bring new and existing digital components onto the platform, for re-use.
Reporting to an Associate Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring we provide reliable, resilient and responsive services to our consumers.
Do you want to play a key technical leadership role in the development of high quality, robust and scalable applications that will directly improve the working lives of NHS colleagues, healthcare for the Scottish public and help improve patient care?
Do you enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, product and delivery managers at the edge of technological innovations? Liaising with supporting colleagues from disciplines such as design, clinical, information governance and security?
Do you want to work in a culture continuous improvement and development of best practices in areas such as application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, and test-driven development ?
Do you want to play an important role in delivering the PSDS Strategy, Digital Health and Care Strategy and Data Strategy for Scotland?
Do you enjoy working at pace, on a modern technology stack, as part of a skilled and friendly team, in pursuit of better care for the people of Scotland?
Working within the PSDS Technology Engineering team you will have the opportunity to work directly on the Digital Front Door (DFD) as well as other National Development Platform (NDP) services and products
Does this sound like you?
What We Love To See
Software Engineers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Ability to develop complex software across the entire product lifecycle within a multi-disciplinary agile team.
- Experienced in cloud native development using providers such as Azure and AWS, as well as at least one modern JavaScript framework, backend language and experience with databases (see Job Pack).
- Able to work on your own initiative through challenges, understanding the users’ needs, breaking down the problem, planning an approach and delivering a solution.
- Ability to work in a team to collaboratively design, code, deploy, test, and document high complexity software using the right standards and tools.
- An understanding of architectural principles, patterns, and security best practices.
- Effective communicator within agile delivery team and with outside stakeholders where required.
- An agent for continuous improvement; keen to understand non-functional requirements (e.g. security, performance) and team processes to find opportunities to improve
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Developing a successful national service for Scotland means considering the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland. We are focused on hiring the very best talent and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Our aim to ensure that everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has a positive recruitment experience—regardless of the outcome.
We welcome applications from all under-represented groups, including racially minoritised people and disabled people. It is not essential to be in Software Engineer role right now—you may be returning from a career break (e.g., maternity, paternity, caring) or coming from another field. Your experiences can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and would like to discuss the opportunity, any adjustments or alternative work patterns, please contact Simon Maishman (Head of Service – Engineering) via [email protected].
Next Steps
- NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
In person OR online interviews (including technical section and a presentation) will take place on 23 to 27 June 2026. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
- Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
- To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: [email protected]